Theo Epstein Is Good At Trading Top Prospects
Will Gleyber Torres be good? Let’s ask Theo.
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How John Farrell Manages the Red Sox Bullpen
An in-depth look into how a manager uses his bullpen.
Is Pitcher BABIP All Luck?
For those of you who have been reading baseball content at Check Down Sports semi-regularly, you’ve probably seen one of us talking about players and teams we think are performing at a level far from expected.
Predicting Second-Half SP Performance
Predictions are hard. Getting them right is even harder.
8 Players Who Will (Probably) be Moved by the MLB Trade Deadline
With the MLB trade deadline less than a month away, it’s time to look at the players who will most likely be on the move.
Bryce Harper is Average
An analysis of why one of baseball’s best hitters has been in a two-month slump.
A Summer of Spin Rates (Part 2)
Earlier this week, I wrote about what I’m doing this summer. I promised another article that would focus on the stats and data that TrackMan collects from hitters. This is that article.
A Summer of Spin Rates
As some of you may know, this summer I’m working for the Oakland Athletics as a Trackman Operator — which is basically a fancy way of saying that I’m “keeping the book” plus a few extra things, for the A’s short-season single A team in Burlington, VT.
Who Shifts?
The sabermetric movement in Major League Baseball has fundamentally changed the way the game is played and analyzed.
MLB Draft: Comparing top college bats
The first two rounds of the 2016 MLB Draft took place last night. While it certainly doesn’t get as much hype as drafts in other sports, the MLB draft is no less important. Christoper Long, sabermetrics analyst for the Detroit Tigers, offers that, “Analytically, the draft is the hardest part of baseball. But it’s far and away the most important.” The MLB draft is tough in terms of an evaluation…